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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1961– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2011–0001] 

Missouri; Amendment No. 1 to Notice 

of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Missouri (FEMA–1961–DR), 

dated March 23, 2011, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 11, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Missouri is hereby amended to 

include the following area among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the event declared a major 

disaster by the President in his 

declaration of March 23, 2011. 

Camden County for Public Assistance. 

Camden County for emergency protective 

measures (Category B), including snow 

assistance, under the Public Assistance 

program for any continuous 48-hour period 

during or proximate to the incident period. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050 Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Notice of Issuance of Final 

Determination Concerning Certain 

Office Workstations 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice that U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (‘‘CBP’’) has issued a final 

determination concerning the country of 

origin of certain office workstations. 

Based upon the facts presented, CBP has 

concluded in the final determination 

that the U.S. is the country of origin of 

the office workstations for purposes of 

U.S. government procurement. 

DATES: The final determination was 

issued on April 11, 2011. A copy of the 

final determination is attached. Any 

party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 

177.22(d), may seek judicial review of 

this final determination on or before 

May 18, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elif 

Eroglu, Valuation and Special Programs 

Branch: (202) 325–0277. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that on April 11, 2011, 

pursuant to subpart B of part 177, 

Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 177, 

subpart B), CBP issued a final 

determination concerning the country of 

origin of the Vivo and Ethospace office 

workstations which may be offered to 

the U.S. Government under an 

undesignated government procurement 

contract. 

This final determination, 

Headquarters Ruling Letter (‘‘HQ’’) 

H134536, was issued at the request of 

Herman Miller, Inc. under procedures 

set forth at 19 CFR part 177, subpart B, 

which implements Title III of the Trade 

Agreements Act of 1979, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 2511–18). In the final 

determination, CBP has concluded that, 

based upon the facts presented, the 

assembly of the Vivo and Ethospace 

office workstations in the U.S., from 

parts made in China, Mexico, and the 

U.S., constitutes a substantial 

transformation, such that the U.S. is the 

country of origin of the finished article 

for purposes of U.S. government 

procurement. 

Section 177.29, Customs Regulations 

(19 CFR 177.29), provides that notice of 

final determinations shall be published 

in the Federal Register within 60 days 

of the date the final determination is 

issued. Section 177.30, CBP Regulations 

(19 CFR 177.30), provides that any 

party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 

177.22(d), may seek judicial review of a 

final determination within 30 days of 

publication of such determination in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: April 11, 2011. 

Sandra L. Bell, 

Executive Director, Regulations and Rulings, 

Office of International Trade. 

Attachment 

HQ H134536 

April 11, 2011 

OT:RR:CTF:VS H134536 EE 

CATEGORY: Marking 

Lisa A. Crosby, Sidley Austin, LLP, 1501 K 

Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20005 

RE: U.S. Government Procurement; Title III, 

Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 

§ 2511); Subpart B, Part 177, CBP 

Regulations; Office Workstations 

Dear Ms. Crosby: This is in response to 

your correspondence of November 15, 2010, 

supplemented by your letter of March 10, 

2011, requesting a final determination on 

behalf of Herman Miller, Inc. (‘‘Herman 

Miller’’), pursuant to subpart B of part 177, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 

Regulations (19 C.F.R. § 177.21 et seq.). 

Under the pertinent regulations, which 

implement Title III of the Trade Agreements 

Act of 1979, as amended (19 U.S.C. § 2511 et 

seq.), CBP issues country of origin advisory 

rulings and final determinations as to 

whether an article is or would be a product 

of a designated country or instrumentality for 

the purpose of granting waivers of certain 

‘‘Buy American’’ restrictions in U.S. law or 

practice for products offered for sale to the 

U.S. Government. 

This final determination concerns the 

country of origin of the Vivo and Ethospace 

office workstations. We note that Herman 

Miller is a party-at-interest within the 

meaning of 19 C.F.R. § 177.22(d)(1) and is 

entitled to request this final determination. 

FACTS: 

Herman Miller is a U.S. supplier of 

furniture products and accessories for home, 

office, healthcare and learning environments. 

The merchandise at issue is Herman Miller’s 

Vivo and Ethospace office workstations. You 

state that Herman Miller engineered and 

designed the office workstations wholly 

within the U.S. The assembly and 

installation of the office workstations, from 

U.S. and imported components, occurs in the 

U.S. 

You state that the Vivo and Ethospace 

office workstations both feature ‘‘frame-andtile’’ construction, which consists of a sturdy 

steel frame on which a variety of components 

can be hung, including shelving, storage 

units, drawer units, work surfaces, lighting, 

decorative tiles/panels, etc. The open frame 

also has a large capacity to house wiring and 

cable, permitting a workstation to 

accommodate computers, printers and other 

office equipment. 

You state that the Vivo and Ethospace 

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variety of configurations, depending on the 

needs and constraints of a given office space. 

Herman Miller offers 90-, 120-, and 135- 

degree connectors for its workstations which 

permit its customers to shape their office 

environment—enclosed, open, facing in, 

facing out, shared, private, etc. The height of 

a workstation can also vary from 30 to 118 

inches, permitting different levels of privacy. 

You state that Herman Miller’s sales 

representatives, which are often independent 

distributors, work directly with each 

customer to design a workstation architecture 

best suited to the specific office space. Once 

a design decision has been made, Herman 

Miller receives from its sales representative 

a detailed order identifying each component 

that will be used in the custom workstation. 

Herman Miller operates on a make-to-order 

manufacturing schedule; therefore, when an 

order is received from a sales representative, 

Herman Miller orders from its supply chain 

the parts and components necessary to begin 

the manufacturing process. Herman Miller 

manufactures certain components as 

necessary and palletizes all of the 

components for shipment to a customer site 

in the U.S. At the customer site, the 

components are assembled together 

according to the custom design. Herman 

Miller does not permit its customers to 

purchase workstations for self-installation. 

Rather, trained furniture installers employed 

by Herman Miller’s distributors/ 

representatives install the workstations. 

You state that depending on the specific 

configuration selected by a customer, a Vivo 

and Ethospace office workstation can be 

made up of hundreds of components, 

including metal frames, laminated work 

surfaces, painted or fabric tiles, cabinet 

doors, electrical accessories and other 

hardware. With respect to the two 

representative configurations identified for 

purposes of this ruling request, you state that 

the Vivo office workstation has 

approximately 40 components (excluding 

fasteners and brackets) and the Ethospace 

office workstation has approximately 14 

components (excluding fasteners and 

brackets). All of the materials are of U.S., 

Chinese, or Mexican origin. 

You submitted the costed bills of materials 

for the representative Vivo office workstation 

and the Ethospace office workstation. The 

Vivo workstation’s components from China 

include: connectors, connection hardware, 

and surface cantilevers. The components 

from Mexico include: a power harness 

extender, power harnesses, and receptacles. 

Components originating in the U.S. include: 

frames, connector covers, top cap connectors, 

finished ends, tiles, work surfaces, open 

supports, sliding door storage units, utility 

task lights, v-pull freestanding pedestals, and 

v-pull freestanding lateral files. The 

Ethospace workstation’s components from 

China are draw rods. The components from 

the U.S. include: tiles, frames, connectors, 

finished ends, work surfaces, a flipper door 

unit, a shelf, task lights, and a w-pull support 

pedestal. The installation times for the 

representative Vivo and Ethospace 

workstations are approximately seven and a 

half hours and seven hours, respectively. Of 

the total cost of production for the Vivo 

workstation, 83 percent is attributable to U.S. 

origin costs, including materials, labor, and 

overhead. Of the total cost of production for 

the Ethospace workstation, 98 percent is 

attributable to U.S. origin costs. 

You state that Herman Miller selfmanufactures many of the components used 

in its workstations at its Michigan facility. 

For example, with respect to the work 

surfaces used in its workstations, Herman 

Miller staff cut-to-size domestically-sourced 

raw particle board and then bond to each 

board a high pressure laminate top, a backer 

and edge bands. With respect to the frames, 

Herman Miller staff roll form rolled steel 

(coils) from a domestic source into rails and 

stiles, which are then welded together using 

a special fixture to form the frames for its 

workstations. Staff then apply an 

autophoretic coating to the frames (requiring 

five stages) and attach glides to the bottoms 

of the frames. Herman Miller staff also 

manufacture the tiles used in workstations, 

using U.S.-origin raw materials. 

You state that the installation procedures 

for the Vivo and Ethospace office 

workstations are substantially similar. The 

first step in installing a workstation is to 

mark the perimeter for the workstation based 

on its layout. This is done by laying strips 

of tape on the ground in the form of the 

layout for the walls. Next, electrical and nonelectrical wall bases are laid along the tape 

lines. The electrical bases are then wired, 

which entails running wires along the bases 

and connecting the wires to a power source 

and the electrical outlets in the bases. 

Once the bases are in place, the frames for 

the wall panels, windows and other features 

of the workstation are installed. The frames 

are fitted on top of the bases and secured 

with brackets and hand-driven screws. As the 

frames are inserted, the electrical wiring is 

run through the interior of the frame as 

needed to accommodate the location of the 

power source. 

The wall panels, windows and other 

special tiles are then installed in the bases 

and frames. The bottom of a wall panel is 

inserted into the slot of a base and the slots 

of the surrounding frame. This step is 

repeated until all of the wall panels are 

joined to their corresponding bases and 

frames. In some cases, a half-sized wall panel 

is used so that a window or special tile may 

be installed above it. A window/tile is 

attached to a half-size wall panel and the 

corresponding frame using brackets, handdriven screws and other fasteners. This step 

is repeated until all wall panels and 

windows/tiles are securely connected. 

Next, the frame connectors of the 

workstation are assembled. The connectors 

are slid into the frames. They are then 

secured with hand-driven screws and other 

fasteners. This step is repeated until all of the 

frames are connected. 

The tops of the wall panels are then 

finished. This involves fastening caps and 

top plates to the top of each wall panel to 

eliminate rough edges. These items are then 

secured with hand-driven screws and other 

fasteners. 

With the structure of the office workstation 

thus in place, the work surface is installed 

next. Brackets are mounted on the relevant 

panels and secured with hand-driven screws 

and other fasteners. The work surface is then 

placed on the brackets, adjusted to ensure 

that it is level, and secured with hand-driven 

screws and other fasteners. Open supports 

are added to either side of the work surface 

to enhance stability. They are secured to the 

work surface with hand-driven screws and 

other fasteners. 

Shelves, flipper units, and sliding door 

storage units are then added to the office 

workstation in a similar manner. Brackets are 

first fitted and secured into place with handdriven screws and other fasteners. Then, the 

shelves, flipper units and storage units are 

placed onto the brackets, leveled, and 

secured with hand-driven screws and other 

fasteners. 

The bookcase is installed next by sliding it 

beside the relevant wall panels and ensuring 

that it is level. The leg glides are adjusted as 

necessary. A drawer handle also is added to 

the bookcase and installed using hand-driven 

screws. 

You provided a copy of the product 

datasheets for the Vivo and Ethospace office 

workstations as well as photos of the 

representative configurations for a Vivo office 

workstation and an Ethospace office 

workstation. Additionally, you provided a 

copy of the design materials, the list of 

patents applicable to the Vivo and Ethospace 

office workstations, a video which depicts 

the installation procedures for the Vivo and 

Ethospace office workstations, the overview 

of Herman Miller’s installation certification 

program, the installation procedures, and a 

breakdown of the time typically required to 

install the representative Vivo and Ethospace 

workstations. 

ISSUES: 

1) What is the country of origin of the Vivo 

and Ethospace office workstations for the 

purpose of U.S. government procurement? 

2) Whether Herman Miller is the ultimate 

purchaser of the imported components and 

whether only their outermost container needs 

to be marked. 

LAW AND ANALYSIS: 

Government Procurement 

Pursuant to subpart B of part 177, 19 C.F.R. 

§ 177.21 et seq., which implements Title III 

of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. § 2511 et seq.), CBP 

issues country of origin advisory rulings and 

final determinations as to whether an article 

is or would be a product of a designated 

country or instrumentality for the purposes 

of granting waivers of certain ‘‘Buy 

American’’ restrictions in U.S. law or practice 

for products offered for sale to the U.S. 

Government. 

Under the rule of origin set forth under 19 

U.S.C. § 2518(4)(B): 

An article is a product of a country or 

instrumentality only if (i) it is wholly the 

growth, product, or manufacture of that 

country or instrumentality, or (ii) in the case 

of an article which consists in whole or in 

part of materials from another country or 

instrumentality, it has been substantially 

transformed into a new and different article 

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distinct from that of the article or articles 

from which it was so transformed. 

See also, 19 C.F.R. § 177.22(a). 

In rendering advisory rulings and final 

determinations for purposes of U.S. 

government procurement, CBP applies the 

provisions of subpart B of part 177 consistent 

with the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 

See 19 C.F.R. § 177.21. In this regard, CBP 

recognizes that the Federal Acquisition 

Regulations restrict the U.S. Government’s 

purchase of products to U.S.-made or 

designated country end products for 

acquisitions subject to the TAA. See 48 

C.F.R. § 25.403(c)(1). The Federal Acquisition 

Regulations define ‘‘U.S.-made end product’’ 

as: 

* * * an article that is mined, produced, 

or manufactured in the United States or that 

is substantially transformed in the United 

States into a new and different article of 

commerce with a name, character, or use 

distinct from that of the article or articles 

from which it was transformed. 

48 C.F.R. § 25.003. 

In order to determine whether a substantial 

transformation occurs when components of 

various origins are assembled into completed 

products, CBP considers the totality of the 

circumstances and makes such 

determinations on a case-by-case basis. The 

country of origin of the item’s components, 

extent of the processing that occurs within a 

country, and whether such processing 

renders a product with a new name, 

character, and use are primary considerations 

in such cases. Additionally, factors such as 

the resources expended on product design 

and development, extent and nature of postassembly inspection and testing procedures, 

and the degree of skill required during the 

actual manufacturing process may be 

relevant when determining whether a 

substantial transformation has occurred. No 

one factor is determinative. 

In Carlson Furniture Industries v. United 

States, 65 Cust. Ct. 474 (1970), the U.S. 

Customs Court ruled that U.S. operations on 

imported chair parts constituted a substantial 

transformation, resulting in the creation of a 

new article of commerce. After importation, 

the importer assembled, fitted, and glued the 

wooden parts together, inserted steel pins 

into the key joints, cut the legs to length and 

leveled them, and in some instances, 

upholstered the chairs and fitted the legs 

with glides and casters. The court 

determined that the importer had to perform 

additional work on the imported chair parts 

and add materials to create a functional 

article of commerce. The court found that the 

operations were substantial in nature, and 

more than the mere assembly of the parts 

together. 

In Headquarters Ruling Letter (‘‘HQ’’) 

561258, dated April 15, 1999, CBP 

determined that the assembly of numerous 

imported workstation components with the 

U.S.-origin work surface, the essential and 

largest component of the workstation, into 

finished workstations constituted a 

substantial transformation. CBP found that 

the imported components lost their identity 

as leg brackets, drawer units, panels, etc. 

when they were assembled together to form 

a workstation. 

In the instant case, the Vivo office 

workstation has approximately 40 

components and the Ethospace office 

workstation has approximately 14 

components which are proposed to be 

assembled in the U.S. Regarding both types 

of workstations, we note that the major 

components such as the work surfaces, the 

frames, and the tiles are of U.S. origin. 

Regarding the Vivo workstation, the U.S.- 

sourced frames, connector covers, top cap 

connectors, finished ends, tiles, work 

surfaces, open supports, sliding door storage 

units, utility task lights, v-pull freestanding 

pedestals, and v-pull freestanding lateral files 

will be assembled with the imported 

components which will take approximately 

seven and a half hours. Regarding the 

Ethospace workstation, the U.S.-sourced 

tiles, frames, connectors, finished ends, work 

surfaces, flipper door unit, shelf, task lights, 

and w-pull support pedestal will be 

assembled with the imported components 

which will take approximately seven hours. 

Under the described assembly process, we 

find that the foreign components lose their 

individual identities and become an integral 

part of a new article, the Vivo or the 

Ethospace office workstation, possessing a 

new name, character and use. Based upon the 

information before us, we find that the 

imported components that are used to 

manufacture the Vivo and the Ethospace 

office workstations, when combined with the 

U.S. origin components, are substantially 

transformed as a result of the assembly 

operations performed in the U.S., and that 

the country of origin of the Vivo and the 

Ethospace office workstations for government 

procurement purposes is the U.S. 

Marking 

Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. § 1304), provides that 

unless excepted, every article of foreign 

origin imported into the United States shall 

be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, 

indelibly, and permanently as the nature of 

the article (or its container) will permit, in 

such a manner as to indicate to the ultimate 

purchaser in the United States, the English 

name of the country of origin of the article. 

Congressional intent in enacting 19 U.S.C. 

§ 1304 was ‘‘that the ultimate purchaser 

should be able to know by an inspection of 

the marking on the imported goods the 

country of which the goods is the product. 

The evident purpose is to mark the goods so 

that at the time of purchase the ultimate 

purchaser may, by knowing where the goods 

were produced, be able to buy or refuse to 

buy them, if such marking should influence 

his will.’’ States v. Friedlander & Co., 27 

C.C.P.A. 297 at 302; C.A.D. 104 (1940). Part 

134, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) Regulations (19 C.F.R. § 134) 

implement the country of origin marking 

requirements and exceptions of 19 U.S.C. 

§ 1304. Section 134.1(b), CBP Regulations (19 

C.F.R. § 134.1(b)), defines ‘‘country of origin’’ 

as: 

[T]he country of manufacture, production, 

or growth of any article of foreign origin 

entering the United States. Further work or 

material added to an article in another 

country must effect a substantial 

transformation in order to render such other 

country the ‘‘country of origin’’ within the 

meaning of [the marking regulations] * * * 

As previously noted, in HQ 561258, dated 

April 15, 1999, CBP considered the country 

of origin marking requirements for certain 

workstation office furniture. In that case, the 

importer manufactured office workstation 

furniture in the U.S. using various 

components that were manufactured by its 

subsidiary in Italy. The Italian components 

were combined with the work surfaces made 

in the U.S., shipped to the customer’s site, 

and assembled by the importer’s installers 

into finished workstations. Additionally, 

some of the Italian components were shipped 

to the importer and kept in stock to replace 

damaged or lost material. These replacement 

parts were kept in their original individual 

packing until they were required to be 

shipped to a customer. CBP determined that 

the assembly of the imported components 

with the U.S.-origin work surface into the 

finished workstations resulted in a 

substantial transformation and that provided 

the importer installed and assembled the 

components together, the importer would be 

the ultimate purchaser and it would be 

acceptable to only mark the outer shipping 

crate in which the foreign components were 

imported. 

Similarly in this case, we find that Herman 

Miller is the ultimate purchaser since 

Herman Miller (or its distributor/ 

representative) substantially transforms the 

imported components as a result of 

installation at the customer’s site. 

Accordingly, it is acceptable only to mark the 

outside shipping crate in which the goods are 

imported and transported to Herman Miller. 

With regard to the replacement parts, 

provided they are also installed by Herman 

Miller (or its distributor/representative), only 

the outer original individual packing needs 

to be marked. However, if the customer itself 

is supplied with the replacement parts and 

performs the installation, they must receive 

these replacement parts in properly marked 

packing. 

HOLDING: 

The imported components that are used to 

manufacture the Vivo and Ethospace office 

workstations are substantially transformed as 

a result of the assembly operations performed 

in the U.S. Therefore, we find that the 

country of origin of the Vivo and Ethospace 

office workstations for government 

procurement purposes is the U.S. Provided 

Herman Miller installs and assembles the 

components together, Herman Miller is the 

ultimate purchaser and it will be acceptable 

to only mark the outer shipping crate in 

which the foreign components are imported. 

Notice of this final determination will be 

given in the Federal Register, as required by 

19 C.F.R. § 177.29. Any party-at-interest other 

than the party which requested this final 

determination may request, pursuant to 19 

C.F.R. § 177.31, that CBP reexamine the 

matter anew and issue a new final 

determination. Pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 

§ 177.30, any party-at-interest may, within 30 

days after publication of the Federal Register 

notice referenced above, seek judicial review 

of this final determination before the Court 

of International Trade. 


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Sincerely, 

Sandra L. Bell 

Executive Director 

Regulations and Rulings 

Office of International Trade 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Renewal of Agency Information 

Collection for the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs Housing Improvement 

Program; Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking 

comments on renewal of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for the collection of 

information for the BIA Housing 

Improvement Program, 25 CFR 256. The 

information collection is currently 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0084, which expires August 31, 

2011. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before June 17, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to Les 

Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240, 

Leslie.Jensen@bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Les 

Jensen (907) 586–7397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

BIA is seeking renewal of the 

approval for the information collection 

conducted under 25 CFR 256, Housing 

Improvement Program, to determine 

applicant eligibility for housing 

improvement program services and to 

determine priority order in which 

eligible applicants may receive the 

program services. Approval for this 

collection expires on August 31, 2011. 

This information includes an 

application form. No changes are being 

made to the form or to the approved 

burden hours for this information 

collection. 

II. Request for Comments 

BIA requests that you send your 

comments on this collection to the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

Your comments should address: (a) The 

necessity of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

agencies, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden (hours and cost) of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the respondents, 

such as through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or conduct, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section 

during the hours of 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday 

except for legal holidays. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address or other personally 

identifiable information, be advised that 

your entire comment—including your 

personally identifiable information— 

may be made public at any time. While 

you may request that we withhold your 

personally identifiable information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0084. 

Title: Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Housing Improvement Program, 25 CFR 

256. 

Brief Description of Collection: 

Submission of this information allows 

BIA to determine applicant eligibility 

for housing services based upon the 

criteria referenced in 25 CFR 256.9 

(repairs and renovation assistance) and 

§ 256.10 (replacement assistance). 

Enrolled members of Federally 

recognized Tribes, who live within a 

Tribe’s designated and approved service 

area, submit information on an 

application form. The information 

includes: 

A. Applicant Information including: 

Name, current address, telephone 

number, date of birth, social security 

number, Tribe, roll number, reservation, 

marital status, name of spouse, date of 

birth of spouse, Tribe of spouse, and roll 

number of spouse. 

B. Family Information including: 

Name, date of birth, relationship to 

applicant, and Tribe/roll number. 

C. Income Information: Earned and 

unearned income. 

D. Housing Information including: 

Location of the house to be repaired, 

constructed, or purchased; description 

of housing assistance for which 

applying; knowledge of receipt of prior 

Housing Improvement Program 

assistance, amount to whom and when; 

ownership or rental; availability of 

electricity and name of electric 

company; type of sewer system; water 

source; number of bedrooms; size of 

house, and bathroom facilities. 

E. Land Information including: 

Landowner; legal status of land; or type 

of interest in land. 

F. General Information including: 

Prior receipt of services under the 

Housing Improvement Program and 

description of such; ownership of other 

housing and description of such; 

identification of Housing and Urban 

Development-funded house and current 

status of project; identification of other 

sources of housing assistance for which 

the applicant has applied and been 

denied assistance, if applying for a new 

housing unit or purchase of an existing 

standard unit; and advisement and 

description of any severe health 

problem, handicap or permanent 

disability. 

G. Applicant Certification including: 

Signature of applicant and date, and 

signature of spouse and date. 

Response is required to obtain a 

benefit. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents: Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 8,000 per 

year, on average. 

Total Number of Responses: 8,000 per 

year, on average. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

8,000 hours. 

Dated: April 11, 2011. 

Alvin Foster, 

Acting Chief Information Officer—Indian 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9281 Filed 4–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT926000–11–L19100000–BJ0000– 

LRCME0R04658] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey. 


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